Napoleonic Era (French Rev) Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
0
Q

What was the battle where Napoleon was defeated?

A

The battle of Waterloo

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
1
Q

Why did Prince Metternich and other parties meet at the Congress of Vienna?

A

The great powers want to ensure that no nation should ever dominate Europe again

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

What did Napoleon decide to destroy and create instead?

A

He abolished the Holy Roman Empire and created the Confederacy of the Rhine

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What is the other name for the Civil Code of 1804 and why are they created?

A

The napoleonic code which provided the framework for the French legal system. Created a single unitary legal system

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What are the two political parties of the Directory?

A

Council of Ancients and Council of Five Hundred

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Austria and Prussia will intervene to assist in counter rev

A

Declaration of Pillnitz

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Austria and Prussia issue warnings not to hurt the royal family

A

Brunswick manifesto

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Meeting to discuss tax reform and other financial mismanagement and no taxation on nobility

A

Assembly of notables

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Could voluntary gifts

A

First estate

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Exempt from taxes

A

Second estate

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

The bourgeois, Abbé Siyess, peasantry 90%

A

Third estate

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Dispute emerges over minimal third estate representation

A

Estates general

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Third estate declared themselves the representative body of France and create the Tennis Court Oath

A

National Assembly

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Angry crowds fire upon and overrun Bastille searching for munitions

A

Storming the Bastille

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

“Men are born free and remain free and equal in rights”

A

Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Attempted to kill Marie Antoinette “let them eat cake”

A

Women’s March to Versailles

16
Q

Established the a national church

A

Civil constitution of the clergy

17
Q

Abolished powers of the French nobility 2nd estate

A

Legislative assembly

18
Q

Maximilian Robespierre Danton Marat Carnot join San- cullottes to support and centralize power

A

Jacobins

19
Q

Wanted to spread the French Revolution ideas across Europe utilizing welfare

A

Girondists

20
Q

Sans-Cullottes took control of Paris commune. Declare France a republic

A

The Republic/ (national convention)

21
Q

Committee on Public Safety

A

Robespierre

22
Q

Executes Danton and all of his followers. “If you are for the Republic, protection against it death”

A

Robespierre

23
Q

Second constitution written, abolished economic controls, assignats, jacobins overthrown

A

Thermidorian reaction

24
Q

Gave up Austrian Netherlands Dutch rep German and Italian states

A

Treaty of Paris

25
Q

First Napoleon is exiled to…then to..

A

Elba then to Helena